The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-05-04
A POOR QUAKER'S son.
JOHNS HOPKINS AND THE MONEY
WHICH HE LEFT.
Earliest Manifestations of His Wonder
full business Capacity-How He started
In Life-The University which He
Founded-Will II he Moved to Clifton

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world, and its name is known everywhere.
IL is a university of the highest order. that
deals in an the porpiexities and antiquities ~
language and figures which the average
man knows nothing about, as well as the
usual features of college work.
And yet the man who left S3.J)00OO 20
found this Institution knew nothing " Latin
or Greek or higher mathematics. The edu-
cation OF bis life was the art OF money get
ting and money keeping He was a poor
| Quaker SON living iu Anne Arundel county.
/ bis uncle was q well 90 do merchant in Balti.
| more. AMI he became "a clerk in this uncle's
! store. IL became necessary for the uncle 10
make "a trip to Ohio Before going be took
| the clerk aside and said 10 him
| Il ann going ON this long journey, and thee
| is but q youth Now. / want thee TO put an
old mead on Young shoulders; and as thee has
| been faithful 20 my interests since thee has
been with me, ann going toleaye everything
| in thy hands Here arc check, which have
mod mv name 90. there are upwards Of
| five hundred q them Thee viii deposit the
money IS &c is received and as thee wants
money thee VIII fl mp the checks which |
| leave with thee Buy the goods and do the
| best tho. CAM
These .uimctiOns were So well carried out
that when The uncle returned ne found his
business largely increased and a large sum Of
profits 10 bis credit 10 The bank Several
years afterwarl hes.artei the young clerk 100
business for himself. giving him the benefit
! of bis credit The result was that Johns Hop.
kIns did q capital business from the start and
was enabled in a short time % buy ont IBIS
uncle After that everything be- touched
brought in money Money making became
"a mania with him. and everything else paied
in Importance before the almighty dollar
he was stucv. close listed and poorly dressed
he never spent cent more than Doe could
help Even when possessed of millions he
would argue for % half hour trying 20 geta I'D
per cent reduction on n fifty cent purchase
One day "a friend of IBIS asked him whya man
OF Dbl. great wealth should Maggie SD over
such Hf-'a SUMS
"Ihe I.saureof possession, sir, he replied
'the pie-ureo, possessions
Many stories are toli 0f the parsm0ny of
this rich man. He had a beautiful country
place on rle outskirts If the city. called self
t0n Agut 0ak -tanlsueart he gate Under
this uoe q trump would frequently station
himself Die became very obnoxious to the
eyes OIL SIR Hopkins Ha mentioned the fact
t' DIS nephew. iiI- nepAe" ni' '''i ulll I'D
pay nl'l ahi -.hI hlin away
.ia} hi.n money. exclaimed Dit. hopAin'.
-'etel. IA.'e ".l.1 Pee d AundIei 'as"
bonds more instead 'i one
"eh' lh.A' Dheie Jenis' replied lD'
nephew. I were you "ouiH h''h nun
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cannot e' ina, ann AFRAID
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".-'ei i'i@'. us.
Noi long n-I'ir Dds dealh Mr. hophIi'
called DDS deF nl.i gardener I'D uIin ana siii
that bore was beginning i1 hate hs country
place because Do ald not bring DID money.
Then turning suddenly i' hin Dee asked. -l''
you thiAN very il'h man Us hapI5 In'
gardener De- Iel 'l't DC was san lniHs To- 'e
very poor .I. ,N'' l' '1i i'0s1i 'na1 great
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